Belief and Cult: Rethinking Roman Religion Mackey Jacob L.
Belief and Cult: Rethinking Roman Religion Mackey Jacob L. A groundbreaking reinterpretation that draws on cognitive theory to show that belief wasn't absent from--but rather was at the heart…
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Belief and Cult: Rethinking Roman Religion Mackey Jacob L.
A groundbreaking reinterpretation that draws on cognitive theory to show that belief wasn't absent from--but rather was at the heart of--Roman religionBelief and Cult argues that belief isn't uniquely Christian but was central to ancient Roman religion. In doing so, he also offers a thorough argument for the importance of belief to other non-Christian religions.At the individual level, the book argues, belief played an indispensable role in the genesis of cult action and religious emotion. Drawing on cognitive theory, Jacob Mackey shows that despite having nothing to do with salvation or faith, belief underlay every aspect of Roman religious practices--emotions, individual and collective cult action, ritual norms, social reality, and social power.
The cognitive theory of Shared Intentionality shows how beliefs However, belief also had a collective dimension.
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